diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 91658326b..bcccd73e4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ linux (4.19.37-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * libbpf: Fix various build bugs:
     - Drop unnecessary changes from "libbpf: add SONAME to shared object"
+    - libbpf: Use only 2 components in soversion, matching package name
+      (Closes: #929187)
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sun, 19 May 2019 00:04:16 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/bugfix/all/libbpf-add-soname-to-shared-object.patch b/debian/patches/bugfix/all/libbpf-add-soname-to-shared-object.patch
index 945a5304d..301d32bb5 100644
--- a/debian/patches/bugfix/all/libbpf-add-soname-to-shared-object.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/bugfix/all/libbpf-add-soname-to-shared-object.patch
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Hilko Bengen <bengen@debian.org>
  N		=
  
 -LIBBPF_VERSION = $(BPF_VERSION).$(BPF_PATCHLEVEL).$(BPF_EXTRAVERSION)
-+LIBBPF_VERSION = $(shell make --no-print-directory -sC ../../.. kernelversion)
++LIBBPF_VERSION = $(shell make --no-print-directory -sC ../../.. kernelversion | cut -d. -f1,2)
  
  # Set compile option CFLAGS
  ifdef EXTRA_CFLAGS